According to Newsweek, Borisova and Sofeyev, were in Crimea to protest the detention of filmmaker Oleg Sentsov. Stensov is currently serving a 20-year terrorism sentence that is many say politically motivated.

The tweet said that Russian security agency FSB had detained Borisova and Sofeyev, broken their phones and computers, making it impossible for the members to be reached.

However, subsequent tweets released by the all-female protest group say the missing members have been accounted for.

we found Sasha and Olya. they were detained several times but safe now.